If you wish you could find more peace within yourself, or have the energy and skill to live more peacefully with people you love and people you don’t, this seminar is for you. The “language of life” has been used as a description of nonviolent communication, developed by Marshall Rosenberg, and adapted here by Dr. John Reuwer, MD.

This highly interactive half day will give you the opportunity to develop valuable skills to make life easier and more enjoyable. Areas to be covered include:

1. What makes human beings tick - what is alive in us that motivates us to do everything we do – an overview of NVC.
2. Learning to experience the freedom and power that comes from seeing things as they are (before we judge how they should be): transforming “should” energy into living energy.
3. Learning the power of feelings – what they tell us, and how we can transform even negative emotions into energy for positive change.
4. Our beautiful needs – how they define who we are and where we want to go.
5. Learning to make requests of yourself and others in a manner that creates the peace you want.
6. Practicing the language of life. How to carry this into your world so as to make life easier and more wonderful. You will have the opportunity to practice real life situations in a safe environment if desired.

Dr. Reuwer has been studying, practicing, and teaching alternatives to violence for over 30 years. He is adjunct professor of conflict resolution at St. Michael’s College in Vermont where he teaches courses in nonviolent communication and nonviolent action. He is an emergency physician most recently practicing urgent care and occupational medicine. He is a speaker for Physicians for Social Responsibility, and faculty for the National Peace Academy. He has adapted the principles of nonviolent communication to the promotion of physical and mental wellness. Currently he is on sabbatical partnering with local residents to address violence in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Here is a link to a flyer that you can use to advertise the event - flyer for NVC workshop